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* Provide data and analysis to inform regional conversations about the distribution of poverty and where people of color live, including annually updating which census tracts meet the criteria of Areas of Concentrated Poverty and providing data support to the Fair Housing Implementation Council for the 2015 update of the Regional Analysis of Impediments. Every community in the region has the potential to be rich with opportunity. Building these communities and achieving equitable outcomes in our region will require a sustained conversation that embeds the objectives of equity into the region's practices and investments extending across multiple jurisdictions and sectors. Part 11 of this document described housing interventions associated with addressing Areas of Concentrated Poverty. But fully addressing the need to build wealth and expanding investment extends far beyond housing policy. To do oo, the region needs a process that brings together stakeholders with different areas of interest and expertiue, knowledge bases, and constituencies to allow for more effective solutions and more coordinated investments. The process must also prioritize the wisdom of low-income communities and communities of color in the process of shaping vision, developing plans, and allocating resources in their own communities. Through a series of public engagement sessions in specific communities where more prominent disparities exist in our region, we will partner with community stakeholders to co - develop plans for intensive, sustained, and aligned equity -driven investments and policies in low-income communities and communities of color in the Twin Cities. The Council looks forward to continued collaboration with the many regional partners, stakeholders, and constituencies who are working on reducing disparities and expanding equity and opportunity in the Twin Cities region, including state agencies, the |t8So8 Project, Generation Next, Everybody In, local governments, and many others. For our region to thrive, all parts ofour region must prosper. CoUDCilr0le * Work to mitigate Areas of Concentrated Poverty by better connecting their residents to opportunity and catalyzing neighborhood revitalization. * Actively partner in neighborhood revitalization efforts such aoPenn Avenue Community VV0[kS in North Minneapolis. * Plan and facilitate, in coordination with the Equity in Place coalition, aseries ofpublic engagement sessions in specific communities where more prominent disparities exist in our region in order to: - Collaboratively develop plans for intensive, sustained, and aligned equity -driven investments and policies in low-income communities and communities ofcolor in the Twin Cities. HOUSING POLICY PLAN FOUR: Opportunities for Collaboration